West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-04-15
THEwITcH's FATE.
A Cruel Prejudice of Old Times More
Than Equaled Now.

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Not many decades ago in this
country, the people were excited
over witchcraft. Persons suspected
were thrown into the water; if not
witches, they would drown; if they
were witches, they would swim
ashore, and would be put to death {!
In any event, they were doomed!
Not many years ago if a. person
were taken sick with advanced dis
ordered of the kidneys, the physician
would pronounce the disease Bright's
disease, and when so declared, he
regarded his responsibility at an end,
for medical authority admitted that
the disease was incurable.
When the physician found pa
tient thus afflicted, he would say,
"Oh a slight attact of the kidneys;
will be all right in little while"
He knew to the contrary. But if he
could keep his patient on his hands
for few months, he knew he would
derive a great revenue from his case,
and then when the disease had pro-
crossed to a certain stage, he would
state the facts and retire, exonerated
from all blame.
But the error of supposing the dis
ease incurable, has swayed the pub
lie mind, long after the fact has
ceased to be. But public opinion
has been educated to the true status
of the case by those who have dis
counted the incurability theory, and
the public recognizes and testifies to
the fact that Warmers safe cure is
a specific for the disease. This has
been shown with thousands of testi-
monials.
Upon referring to them in our files
we find that $4,000 reward will be
given to any one who can prove that
so far as the manufacturers know
they are not genuine, and that hun
dreds of thousands similar in char
acter could be published, if it were
necessary.
This condition Of things is very
amusing to the journalist, who looks
upon all sides of every question.
Proof should be accepted by all, but
prejudice fights proof for many years.
1t seems strange that when a pro-
prietary medicine is doing the good
that Warmers safe cure is, that the
physicians do not publicly indorse
it. Many of them, we are told, pri-
vately prescribe it, as it is sold by
dealers in every part of the country.
A few years ago as stated, when
q man had bright's disease, the doc
tor boldly announced it, because he
thought it relieved him Of response
biity.
To-day when prominent people
pie are dying (and hundreds OF
thousands of common people die of
the same diseased, we are told that
doctors disguise the fact that it is
Brigt's disease of the kidneys and
say that they die of paralysis, ofap-
oplexy, of pneumonia, of consump-
ton, of general debility, of rheuma-
tism, of heart disease, of blood pois-
ening, or some other of the names OF
kidney disease. They are not the
real disease itself.
We sometimes wonder if they
avoid stating the real cause ofdisease
for fear they will drive the public
into patronage of the only scientific
proprietary specific for kidney dis
eases and the thousand and one dis
eases that originate in inactive
kidneys.
We do not believe every advertise
ment we read. Some people perhaps
may regard this article as an adver-
tisement and will not believe it, but
we are candid enough to say that we
believe the parties above mentioned
have stated their case and proved 1T,
andgunder such circumstances the
public is unwise if it is longer in
fluenced by adverse prejudice.